Half of US Nuclear Missile Wing Implicated In Cheating

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Half of US Nuclear Missile Wing Implicated In Cheating

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday January 30, 2014 @03:07PM from the what-did-you-get-for-question-four? dept.

mdsolar writes "Just over half of the 183 nuclear missile launch officers at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana have been implicated in a widening exam cheating scandal, the Air Force said on Thursday, acknowledging it had 'systemic' problem within its ranks. The cheating was discovered during an investigation into illegal drug possession among airmen, when test answers were found in a text message on one missile launch officer's cell phone. The Air Force initially said 34 officers either knew about the cheating or cheated themselves. But Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James told a Pentagon news conference on Thursday that the total number of implicated officers had grown to 92, all of them at Malmstrom, one of three nuclear missile wings overseeing America's 450 inter-continental missiles, or ICBMs."

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At Least ... by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-30 15:09 · Score: 2, Funny

At least it wasn't launch codes on his cell phone. Let's all be glad about that.
1. Re: At Least ... by dryeo · 2014-01-30 18:49 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Are you claiming that General Jack Ripper is a nutjob conspiracy theorist? Next you'll be claiming that the fluoride in the water isn't affecting you when obviously it is.
  
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2. Re: At Least ... by MachineShedFred · 2014-01-31 01:40 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Amazing! That's the same combination I have on my luggage!
  
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Re:They have direct incentive to cheat. by Nemyst · 2014-01-30 15:24 · Score: 3, Funny

Hold on, let me consult the cheat sheet...
Re:No real surprise by Sarten-X · 2014-01-30 15:59 · Score: 5, Funny

<voice style="male movietrailer stereotypical">
In a world where there's more to life than a title and pay grade, where people want to have an interesting job doing more than endlessly waiting for an order - an order they hope will never come - one man must decide, between his honor, and his sanity.
<video src="MilitaryCadets.webm"></video>
<video src="StressfulExam.webm"></video>
<video src="ImpliedCheating.webm"></video>
This summer, the biggest threat to a nation... ...is its own bureaucracy.
<video src="BaseFlyover.webm"></video>
Coming July 4th to a theater of war near you.
<video src="MissileSiloOpening.webm"></video>
</voice>

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You do not have a moral or legal right to do absolutely anything you want.
Re:They have direct incentive to cheat. by TheRealQuestor · 2014-01-30 16:27 · Score: 4, Funny

Answer the fucking question.
You can't handle the truth.
Re:What are the questions? by treeves · 2014-01-30 16:37 · Score: 4, Funny

example
1. When should you launch a missile?
a. Whenever you feel like it.
b. Now.
c. Never.
d. When your commanding officer tells you to launch.
e. None of the above.
2. Who can authorize a strategic launch?
a. Anyone.
b. The mailman.
c. County sheriff's deputies.
d. The POTUS
e. The tooth fairy.

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Re:What are the questions? by __aaltlg1547 · 2014-01-30 16:50 · Score: 4, Funny

Err, forget about that unblemished record.
Re:What are the questions? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-30 17:10 · Score: 2, Funny

Guys with wives and daughters have good reason not to push the button. Guys who can't get a date have nothing to lose. Finger, push the button! Submit! Submit!